Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-31
SAVING UP A MANS BODY
UNGFR TELLS HOW HE KILLED
AND DISMENIBERED BOIL.

hN - oOI1Ais
An Allegation that BOhI was KiIied
with Hammer in Selt-defenss
Sleeping in the Room with the Corpse
Tho Head Thrown Into the River
The Rest of the Body shipped to Batti-
more
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Edward Unger,
the murderer of August BOIL, whose BODY
was found last week in a trunk shipped
TO Baltimore, has made fun confession
of the killing as follows: 81 live at No. q
Ridge street. / have known August
Bohl since November, 1886. I first mes
HIM at my saloon, No. "a Alridge street,
where he called in answer to an adver.
tisement which / had put in the StaatS
Xetung for u partner. We could not
agree upon terms and suDse-
quently gave up business at that
number. | went to live at No. 90 Ridge
street. A short time afterward Au-
gust came to live with me, tha
arrangement being that he was to pay
me half the rent, which was So 90 a
month, aud third OF the household eX-
penses. On the night OF Jan. 70,
1887, alter supper, my son Edward lett
Tue uOubb, ltdNluH DOuA anu Dull IA bAN
rooms.
THE FATAL ENCOUNTER.
"We remained talking and readin4
until about 9:30 o'clock. BOIL was
very powerful man and was swearing
about his hard luck. He called me -
! told him was no -, and put my banl
up to shove him away. He tnen struck
me on the necS with his fist and Knocked
me down. / sprang to my feet and at
/ IL l.
| had in my hand. BOnl grabbed the
poker from my hand and at the same Uim9
seized a knife from the table and ran aftec
me. | ran to the bedroom. lie followed
me. | picked up hammer from chest
under the bed. He made another lunge at
me with the knife, and warded 1t of, re-
cetying slight cut in the hand. l then
struck MIN with the BANNER. He stag
gered and | followed him up and struck
MIN again, the hammer sinking into his
skull as far as the handle. He staggered
and Tell back on the sofa dead.
CoNCEALING THE CRIME.
This occurred about 10 O'Clock ab
night. Expecting my son home every
moment, and to avoid my son seeing what
| had happened, | took the body from Iha
sofa and put 1t on the floor close by tho
wall. | then took BohPs sleeping cot and
| placed it on IT'S side before him, and lean-
| ing IL against the wall, covered the ends
with some clothes. My son soon cana
| home, and we went TO Ded togelner III
| the bedroom.
where's AugustY he asked.
| "'He's gone OUT said 1.
son Friday, Jan. 81, as soon as my boy
| LETT the house for his work | went out to
! buy "a rubber bag to put the body in.
was unable to get bag and bought two
yards Of rub bber cloth at SOC. yard.
/ N,t - O.. fn. I asels
much whisky and got back TO the house
at O'Clock In the morning.
| CUTTING UP AND PACKING THE CORPSE
II spread the rubber cloth on the floor
| and laid the body upon it. | then started
| TO cut him up. | first cut the head from
| the body and laid 1t aside and wrapped u
| in paper and part of his clothing. |
| then cut bOth legs of, aud | think, the
left arm, close to the shoulder. / then
took BOhPs trunk. 1t was too short and
| cut off his ieet and put them In the
trunk. | ther put the body on top OF the
! legs and think the arm on the body. |
took part Of the clothes of the deceased
and some paper, wiped the floor with
| them and then put them on top OF tha
body In the trunk. l locked the trunS
and lashed 1t with rope.
THE HEAD THROWN IN THE RIVER.
81 then left my house, after cleaning
up the blood as best / could, and locking
the door, taking the head under my arm,
which was then wrapped up in clothing
| belonging to BOhl and also some news"
papers, / went TO the Grand street Jerry,
went in the forward part OF the
ferry boat, leaned over the front
railing, looking into the water,
and when the boat got midway In the
river | dropped the head and clothing
into the water. / assumed that the paddle
wheel struck 1t. | then went TO the house
OF Henry Siegel at No. 206 TnroOp avenue,
and learning that Slegel was SICK l told
his wife that August Boil had gone TO
Chicago the night before. | then returned
10 my house, arriving there about
O'Clock in the afternoon.
CARTING AROUND THE BODY.
"Between and 0'colck the same day,
with the assistance OF an Italian whom /
met in the street and gave quarter,
! took the trunk to a saloon in Grand
street and asked permission to leave 1t
over night, which was granted. called
Tor it Saturday morning about 8 O'clock
and brought IT out on the sidewalk, where
gave carman 30c. TO take it 20 the sa
loon OF Henry Benze, at No. 395 Kent
avenue, Brooklyn. 1 got permission from
Mr.. Beuze to leave the trunk there a few
minutes until | went to Westcotts eX-
press office. l told the eXpressman where
he was 10 call and returned TO MIR Benze's
store. / got some mucilage and put this
label on the trunk: John Il Wilson, Bal
timore, Md. 10 be called ior.'
THE TRUNK ON IT'S TRAVELS.
CATER placing this label on the trunk
| left The store and requested Mr.. Benze
TO give tue trunk to the eXpTessman and
take his receipt, and that l would call for
it ia the morning. | did call that same
evening and received the re
ceipt from Mr.. Benze. / then went home.
d,d not mean to xii the deceased. he
was quarrelGOme man and l believed
that my life was IN danger when / struck
! bin. The manner in which ! disposed OF
/ the Dody was so as to save myself aud
family from disgrace.
EDWARD UNGER."
All the facts stated by Unger nave been
| corrOborated, and ne Will be arraigDed in
! the Tombs Police Court tomorrow morn
ing. The Coroner's inquest Will be held
| on Tuesday afternoon.